There was an old person of Brill

by Edward Lear

Picture by Edward Lear

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 There was an old person of Brill,
 Who purchased a shirt with a frill;
 But they said, 'Don't you wish,
 You mayn't look like a fish,
 You obsequious ol person of Brill?'
 
 <Publ. 1872>